HIGGINS, BRIAN (a Representative from New York)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Almanzo Wilder Post Office Building, Malone, NY: designate (see H.R. 6139), H7499 [16NO]
American Football League: anniversary of inaugural season (see H. Res. 1286), H2799 [21AP]
American Heart Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1039), H603 [4FE]
Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 3907), H648 [22FE]
Austin, TX: condemn airplane attack on Federal building, honor victims of attack, commend IRS employees and first responders, and reject expressions of sympathy for those who attack public servants (see H. Res. 1127), H1105 [3MR]
Boeheim, Jim: tribute (see H. Res. 1318), H5504 [1JY]
Brooklyn Botanic Garden: anniversary (see H. Res. 1428), H4873 [24JN]
Catholic Charities USA (organization): anniversary (see H. Res. 1621), H8031 [2DE]
Chicago Blackhawks (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 1439), H4424 [14JN]
Community of Democracies (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 1143), H2461 [25MR]
CPSC: require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (see H.R. 1796), H933 [25FE]
Credit: prohibit creditors from discriminating on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit (see H.R. 4376), H2460 [25MR]
Crime: prevent video depictions of animal cruelty (see H.R. 5092), H3824 [25MY]
———provide penalties for transporting minors in foreign commerce for the purposes of female genital mutilation (see H.R. 5137), H3202 [5MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: ensure effective encouragement of local agricultural production and increased availability of fresh food in urban areas (see H.R. 4971), H6573 [30JY]
Dept. of Commerce: promote coastal jobs creation, promote sustainable fisheries and fishing communities, and revitalize waterfronts (see H.R. 4914), H5546 [13JY]
Dept. of HHS: establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see H.R. 1362), H6683 [14SE]
———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 3668), H3484 [13MY]
Dept. of State: direct payment of passport fees (see H.R. 5960), H6404 (see H.R. 5960), H6456 [29JY]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study to evaluate significance of Newtown Battlefield and suitability and feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System (see H.R. 4448), H139 [13JA]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve appeals process and establish a commission to study judicial review of the determination of veterans' benefits (see H.R. 4121), H7396 [29SE]
———improve efficiency of processing certain claims for disability compensation by veterans (see H.R. 5928), H7397 [29SE]
———improve the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 5933), H7397 [29SE]
———provide expedited procedures for consideration of certain veterans claims (see H.R. 5549), H7397 [29SE]
Diseases: commend progress made by anti-tuberculosis programs (see H. Res. 1155), H1596 [17MR]
———establish research advisory committee and provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see H.R. 5354), H3701 [20MY]
———fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 3286), H648 [22FE]
Earthquakes: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable contributions for relief of victims in Chile and extend period from which such contributions for relief of victims in Haiti may be accelerated (see H.R. 4783), H1219 [9MR]
Education: improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 1240), H2799 [21AP]
Electric power: promote energy independence and self-sufficiency through net metering by certain small electric energy generation systems (see H.R. 5692), H5502 [1JY]
Employment: provide funds to States, local government, and community-based organizations to save and create local jobs through retention, restoration, or expansion of services needed by local communities (see H.R. 4812), H2642 [15AP]
EPA: establish centers of excellence for green infrastructure (see H.R. 4202), H3124 [4MY]
Federal aid programs: increase benefits for seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities for one month in 2011 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 5987), H6628 [10AU]
Federal employees: amend methodology for calculating the amount of any Postal surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System (see H.R. 5746), H7156 (see H.R. 5746), H7213 [28SE]
Foreign countries: take action against certain judgment-evading foreign states and state-owned corporations of such states (see H.R. 5564), H4676 [22JN]
Great Lakes: issue restoration semipostal stamp (see H.R. 4876), H2800 [21AP]
———protect and restore (see H.R. 4755), H1221 [9MR]
Gulf of Mexico: require BP P.L.C., to establish a gulf coast recovery fund to cover cleanup efforts and damage claims associated with Deepwater Horizon oil spill incident (see H.R. 5520), H4507 [15JN]
Haiti: provide customs support services (see H.R. 5160), H3124 [4MY]
———tribute to U.S. urban search and rescue teams' efforts to help the people of Haiti in aftermath of earthquake (see H. Res. 1059), H471 [2FE]
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 4844), H6804 [16SE]
Health: make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 3652), H3703 [20MY]
Hudson River School: recognize contributions of painters to the U.S. (see H. Res. 762), H3484 [13MY]
Iran: condemn human rights violations, release political prisoners, support democracy, remove terrorist designation from opposition group, and impose sanctions to deter nuclear program (see H. Res. 1431), H6407 (see H. Res. 1431), H6458 [29JY]
Iraq: deplore ongoing violence by Iraqi security forces against the residents of Camp Ashraf and call on Iraqi Government to ensure the well-being of such residents (see H. Res. 704), H473 [2FE]
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H. Res. 1171), H1519 [16MR]
IRS: permit issuance of prospective guidance clarifying employment status of individuals for purposes of employment taxes and to prevent retroactive assessments relative to such clarifications (see H.R. 6128), H7156 (see H.R. 6128), H7213 [28SE]
Israel: tribute to efforts to save lives and provide relief to the people of Haiti in aftermath of the earthquake (see H. Res. 1277), H2695 [20AP]
James L. Oberstar U.S. Dept. of Transportation Building Complex, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 6507), H8286 [9DE]
Judge, Mychal: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 6076), H6571 [30JY]
Kellogg, Will Keith (W.K.): tribute (see H. Res. 1172), H2697 [20AP]
Martin G. `Marty' Mahar Post Office, Troy, NY: designate (see H.R. 4425), H40 [12JA]
Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1625), H2504 [13AP]
———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 1616), H6683 [14SE]
Medicare: establish a cancer center construction loan program (see H.R. 5861), H6764 [15SE]
———provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 3024), H2642 [15AP]
———provide coverage of substitute adult day care services (see H.R. 3043), H3311 [11MY]
———repeal competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 3790), H1744 [19MR]
NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 242), H1104 [3MR]
National Dairy Month: support goals (see H. Res. 1368), H3541 [18MY]
National ESIGN Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 290), H4871 [24JN]
National Medal of Technology and Innovation: tribute to recipients (see H. Res. 935), H603 [4FE]
National Public Health Week: observance (see H. Res. 1162), H2461 [25MR]
Navy Corpsman Jeffrey L. Wiener Post Office Building, Lynbrook, NY: designate (see H.R. 5723), H6684 [14SE]
New York, NY: tribute to citizens, law enforcement officers, and first responders for response to attempted terrorist attack in Times Square (see H. Res. 1320), H3123 [4MY]
North American Inclusion Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1014), H424 [27JA]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish a public health insurance option (see H.R. 5808), H5920 [21JY]
Penfield, NY: anniversary (see H. Res. 1234), H5504 [1JY]
Pennsylvania: tribute to Pennsylvania Air National Guard 111th Fighter Wing (see H. Res. 1411), H5547 [13JY]
Poland: express sympathy to citizens and surviving families of victims of airplane crash in Russia, solidarity with people and Polish-American communities, and support for restoration of leadership (see H. Res. 1246), H2578 [14AP]
Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 173), H3312 [11MY]
Private Isaac T. Cortes Post Office, Bronx, NY: designate (see H.R. 6205), H6989 [23SE]
Railroads: tribute to freight rail industry (see H. Res. 1366), H3541 [18MY]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1618), H2642 [15AP]
Saratoga Springs, NY: anniversary of Saratoga Race Course (see H. Res. 1513), H5618 [14JY]
Sheppard, Bob: tribute (see H. Res. 1529), H6628 [10AU]
Social Security: expand permissive exclusion from participation in Federal health care programs to individuals and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities (see H.R. 6130), H6762 [15SE]
———increase benefits for one month in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 3536), H194 [19JA]
———reject severe changes and make common-sense adjustments to strengthen and preserve program (see H. Res. 1077), H606 [5FE]
Spirit of '45 Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 226), H5618 [14JY]
Taxation: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti (see H.R. 4462), H193 [19JA]
———allow companies to utilize existing alternative minimum tax credits to create and maintain U.S. jobs (see H.R. 4850), H2937 [27AP]
———allow specified energy property grants to real estate investment trusts without regard to the ratable share income limitations (see H.R. 4256), H472 [2FE]
———create jobs through infrastructure investment, extending Emergency Fund for Job Creation and Assistance, and eliminating loopholes that encourage companies to move operations offshore (see H.R. 5893), H6282 [28JY]
———encourage alternative energy investments and job creation (see H.R. 1835), H5503 [1JY]
———encourage deployment of highly efficient combined heat and power property (see H.R. 4751), H3079 [29AP]
———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2625), H6683 [14SE]
———extend the qualifying advanced energy project credit (see H.R. 5041), H3311 [11MY]
———increase exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance (see H.R. 2298), H4387 [10JN]
———make qualified biogas property eligible for the energy credit and permit new clean renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property (see H.R. 5581), H4779 [23JN]
———modify credit for qualified fuel cell motor vehicles by maintaining level of credit for vehicles placed in service after 2009 and by allowing credit for certain off-highway vehicles (see H.R. 5174), H4597 [16JN]
———provide an elective payment for specified energy property (see H.R. 4599), H4597 [16JN]
———provide an investment credit for equipment used to fabricate solar energy property (see H.R. 4085), H2877 [26AP]
———provide for an investment credit for biofuel facilities (see H.R. 5142), H3124 [4MY]
———provide incentives to encourage investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity (see H.R. 1806), H41 [12JA]
———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see H.R. 4278), H2319 [24MR]
———reduce taxpayer burdens and enhance taxpayer protections (see H.R. 4994), H2502 [13AP]
———restore, make permanent, and increase amount of exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 1423), H423 [27JA]
Terrorism: strike medals in commemoration of anniversary of terrorist attacks and establishment of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center (see H.R. 4684), H833 [24FE]
Transportation: provide States certain authority to adopt air pollution reduction requirements for motor carriers providing services at port facilities (see H.R. 5967), H6804 [16SE]
Veterans: improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H.R. 5120), H7397 [29SE]
Zachary Smith Post Office Building, Hornell, NY: designate (see H.R. 4665), H754 [23FE] (see H.R. 5051), H2640 [15AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Taxation: expand incentives for education (see H.R. 5078), H2695 [20AP]
Poems
``Russart,'' Albert C. Caswell, E2181
Remarks
Buffalo, NY: anniversary of Olmsted Center for Sight Statler Center, E1373
———waterfront public access and economic revitalization funding, H6071
Dept. of HUD: prohibit funding for restoration and improvement of Darwin D. Martin House Complex project in Buffalo, NY, H6380 [29JY]
Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5850), H6380 [29JY]
Diseases: require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than coverage provided for intravenously administered anticancer medications (H.R. 2366), E926
FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 5900), H6426 [29JY]
———improve airline safety and pilot training, H6426 [29JY]
Federal aid programs: increase benefits for seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities for one month in 2011 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (H.R. 5987), H8097 [8DE]
International Myeloma Foundation: tribute to efforts to raise awareness of myeloma, E926
Taxation: extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 5900), H6426 [29JY]
Transportation: rescind earmarks for certain surface transportation projects (H.R. 5730), H6071
Visiting Nursing Association of Western New York, Inc.: anniversary, E1289
Votes: correction, H6071
———position on missed, E55
Tributes
Abram, Brian, E116
Bair, John E. (Jack), E2083
Bauman, Karen Hlavna, E1435
Becleromi, George, E120
Byrne, Patrick R., E364
Carpenter, Debora, E120
Caswell, Albert C., E2181
Cooke, Vincent M., E467
Cooper, James, E119
Cornell, Chuck, E118
Dietrich, Jeff, E179
Dove, Michael, E201
Foreman, Paul, E219
Gabel, Debra, E239
Garfield, James, E267
George, Robert, E273
Giangreco, Joanne Downing, E268
Greiner, William R., E33
Hallquist, Tina, E289
Hazzard, Paul, E302
Heath, Eugene, E318
Huckno, Wally, E327
Hurley, John J., E785
Johnston, Donald, E339
Jones, Jack, Jr., E363
Keefe, Stephen, E383
Kent, June, E401
Kleparek, David, E457
Kohler, John, E467
Lawson, Diane, E513
Lewis, Dennis, E535
Manzoa, Fedora, E1187
McIntyre, Fedora, E549
Meissner, Carol A., E471
Meunier, Tony K., E61
Michalak, Donald, E580
Mohamed, Abdulqawi, E318
Mucha, Gary, E780
Muscato, James, E654
Nelson, Todd, E669
Ognibene, Samuel, E733
Overdorf, Suzanne M., E1161
Painter, Marsha, E747
Penfold, Christopher, E117
Penfold, Priscilla, E784
Porempski, Karyn, E540
Prince, David, E880
Sargent, Gary, E914
Sciolino, Leonard M., E1225
Slawson, Richard, E926
Sweeney, William, E971
Vaccaro, Carole, E1571
Vilardo, Carl, E1092
Walsh, John N., Jr., E1787
Wheeler, Deanna, E1113
Wilder, David, E1097
Wright, Edward, E121